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'''Air pollutant emissions''' ( commonly referred to as simply '''''Emissions''''') is the term used to describe any [[gas]]es, [[liquid]] droplets and [[solid]] [[particulates]] which are emitted or discharged into the [[atmosphere|atmospheric]] [[air]] and adversely affect the health of [[human]]s, [[animal]]s, [[ecosystem]]s or the usefulness of a [[natural resource]].<ref name=EPA-Overview>[http://www.epa.gov/airquality/emissns.html Air Pollution Emissions Overview] From the website of the [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]]</ref><ref name=EPA-Glossary>[http://www.epa.gov/OCEPAterms/pterms.html Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms] From the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (scroll to P terms)</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 19:30, 28 August 2010
Air pollutant emissions ( commonly referred to as simply Emissions) is the term used to describe any gases, liquid droplets and solid particulates which are emitted or discharged into the atmospheric air and adversely affect the health of humans, animals, ecosystems or the usefulness of a natural resource.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Air Pollution Emissions Overview From the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- ↑ Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms From the website of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (scroll to P terms)